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(meteorobs) Research request
This is a very non-meteor related question, but as I am familiar with
numerous people on this list I am hoping one of you can visit a library for
me within the next few days and look up something for me.
As many of you know, I am in the process of writing a 4-volume series of
books called Cometography for Cambridge University Press. I have been
sacrificing nearly every observing night since mid-July as I apply the
editing suggestions made by Cambridge, double-check the sources, and add
some new material. Volume one will be released next Spring and I am hoping
to have this last minute work completed either this weekend or early next
week.
What I am in desparate need of is for someone to check their local library
for three sources that interlibrary loan has again failed to get for me.
All of the sources appear in Muratori's Rerum Italicarum Scriptores. I have
two local university libraries that have bits and pieces of this
collection, but the following are not at either one.
Volume 10
Mussati has a great treatment of the comet of 1315, including rather
precise measurements of the comet from Polaris. I actually have a copy of
this material, but the copy did not include the page number. All I need are
the page numbers containing this material.
Volume 12
Bonincontrius briefly mentions comets in 1370 or 1371, and possibly 1402. I
need
Volume 20
Historia Florentina by Poggius includes some nice info on the comet of 1402
These texts are in Latin and the years are usually given in Roman numerals.
Muratori is very good at including an index at the end of each text. The
volumes were usually published in several parts. I have no idea which part
each of the above text is located in. For the most part I need
bibliographic info more than the data. As I said, I have Mussati's material
copied already. I have translations from other people of the Bonincontrius
and Poggius material, but no page numbers, part numbers, and publisher info.
If you need more info, please ask. Also I have a listing of many university
libraries containing this material and can let you know what might be close
by.
The material is important enough that I want to include the name of who
ever helps me in the acknowledgements to volume one.
Sincerely,
Gary
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